Mizzou Baseball Quotes & Notes

Game Day

■ Mizzou baseball vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff live blog (KMOV.com)

Bottom 1—That was one of the ugliest innings I've seen a team have in a long time. Missouri scored seven times on just two hits—six walks and two hit batsmen were issued in the inning. UAPB starter Brad Tarter issued six of those in just 0.2 innings.

Also: Photo of Blake Brown's foul ball in fresh concrete

■ Better control sparks improved outing for pitcher (Columbia Missourian)

“We call ourselves raiders,” pitcher Brad Buehler said. “It’s kind of a secret thing, which I really can’t go into because we kind of made a little pact that we wouldn’t really talk about it. It’s something our pitching staff and our bullpen came up with it. It’s just something to surprise teams.”

The pitching staff won’t even let the position players know its secret.

“They’re all one,” outfielder Jonah Schmidt said. “They call themselves raiders. I don’t know what they’re talking about. They’re all crazy. They don’t let us in that little group.”

See also: Things I'm looking forward to in 2010, #8

Recruits

■ Moody remains perfect (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

Moody ace Michael Franco picked up his seventh win of the season by scattering four hits and striking out six. He also had two of the team’s nine hits and drove in two runs, including an RBI double in the top of the first inning.